WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER - BOCA RATON, FL

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WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER
21644 STATE RD 7
BOCA RATON, FL, 33428

Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (561) 488-8000

Hospital Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Proprietary
Emergency Services: Yes

Provided Services

Nuclear Medicine Services
Acute Renal Dialysis Services
Anatomical Laboratory Services
Anesthesia Services
Blood Bank Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
ICU - Cardiac (Non-Surgical)Services
ICU - Medical/Surgical Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Neonatal Nursery Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Respiratory Care Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services
Therapeutic Radiology Services

Employment Full-Time Equivalent

Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 10.00
Registered Professional Nurses : 250.00
Other Salaried Personnel : 179.00
Occupational Therapists : 0.60
Physical Therapists : 5.40
Registered Pharmacists : 10.89
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Medical Social Workers : 1.00

Number Of Beds

Total: 185
Total Certified: 185

Process of Care

Heart Attack

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Arrival

Here:	98.0%
State:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given Aspirin at Discharge

Here:	96.0%
State:	98.8%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	97.2%

Percent of Patients Given Beta Blocker at Discharge

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	98.7%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.8%

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack got an ECG

Here:	5
Florida:	8

Average number of minutes before outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack were transferred to another hospital

Here:	42
Florida:	76

Outpatients with chest pain or possible heart attack who got aspirin within 24 hours of arrival

Here:	98.0%
Florida:	96.9%

Heart Failure

Percent of patients who were given an evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

Here:	100.0%
State:	98.9%

Percent of Patients Given ACE Inhibitor or ARB for Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD)

This Hospital:	95.0%
State:	95.9%

Percent of Patients Given Discharge Instructions

This Hospital:	92.0%
Florida:	91.2%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
State:	99.6%

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival

Here:	99.0%
Florida:	95.4%

Percent of Patients Whose Initial ER Blood Culture Was Performed Prior To Administration Of First Dose Of Antibiotics

Here:	99.0%
Florida:	96.6%

Percent of Patients Given Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.1%

Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)

Here:	98.0%
State:	94.4%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Influenza Vaccination

This Hospital:	98.0%
Florida:	94.5%

Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination

Here:	98.0%
Florida:	96.3%

Surgery

Percent of Surgery Patients given an antibiotic at the right time (within one hour before surgery) to help prevent infection

This Hospital:	100.0%
Florida:	97.8%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose preventive antibiotics were stopped at the right time (within 24 hours after surgery)

This Hospital:	98.0%
State:	95.5%

Percent of Surgery Patients who were given the right kind of antibiotic to help prevent infection

Here:	98.0%
State:	97.3%

Percent of Surgery Patients who got treatment at right time (within 24 hours before or after surgery) to help prevent blood clot

This Hospital:	96.0%
State:	93.5%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose doctors ordered treatments to prevent blood clots after certain types of surgeries

Here:	96.0%
Florida:	95.1%

Percent of Surgery Patients needing hair removed from the surgical area before surgery who had hair removed using a safer method

Here:	100.0%
Florida:	99.7%

Percent of Surgery Patients whose urinary catheters were removed on the first or second day after surgery

Here:	88.0%
Florida:	91.2%

Surgery patients who were taking heart drugs called beta blockers before coming to the hospital, who were kept on them

This Hospital:	100.0%
State:	94.7%

Outpatients having surgery who got an antibiotic at the right time - within one hour before surgery (higher numbers are better)

Here:	96.0%
State:	93.4%

Outpatients having surgery who got the right kind of antibiotic (higher numbers are better)

Here:	97.0%
State:	93.6%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	16.9%
Florida:	15.6%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	10.9%
State:	10.7%

30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia

Here:	10.2%
Florida:	11.0%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Attack

This Hospital:	20.3%
State:	19.5%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure

This Hospital:	24.6%
State:	24.2%

30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia

This Hospital:	17.1%
State:	18.2%

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys: 300 or more
Survey Response Rate: 32%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	9%
State:	8%

Usually

This Hospital:	21%
Florida:	20%

Always

Here:	70%
Florida:	72%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never

Here:	5%
Florida:	7%

Usually

Here:	18%
State:	16%

Always

Here:	77%
State:	77%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	17%
State:	15%

Usually

This Hospital:	27%
Florida:	27%

Always

Here:	56%
State:	58%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	8%
Florida:	9%

Usually

This Hospital:	22%
Florida:	24%

Always

Here:	70%
Florida:	67%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never

This Hospital:	30%
Florida:	26%

Usually

This Hospital:	19%
State:	18%

Always

Here:	51%
Florida:	56%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never

Here:	18%
Florida:	13%

Usually

This Hospital:	28%
Florida:	20%

Always

This Hospital:	54%
State:	67%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never

Here:	19%
State:	14%

Usually

This Hospital:	32%
State:	30%

Always

Here:	49%
State:	56%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes

This Hospital:	78%
Florida:	80%

This Hospital:	22%
Florida:	20%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower

Here:	13%
State:	12%

7 or 8

This Hospital:	33%
State:	25%

9 or 10

Here:	54%
State:	63%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

This Hospital:	10%
State:	8%

Yes, probably

Here:	29%
Florida:	25%

Yes, definitely

Here:	61%
State:	67%

Hospital Acquired Conditions

Pressure Ulcer Stages III And IV

This Hospital:	0.225%
Florida:	0.118%

Average Medicare Payment

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w/o CC/MCC: $5,090

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w MCC: $11,358

Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive w CC: $7,148

Heart failure and shock w/o CC/MCC: $4,226

Heart failure and shock w MCC: $8,546

Heart failure and shock w CC: $5,894

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w/o CC/MCC: $4,246

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w MCC: $7,627

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease w CC: $5,711

Simple pneumonia and pleurisy w MCC: $8,386

Diabetes w MCC: $7,958

Chest Pain: $3,110

Major cardiovasc procedures w MCC or thoracic aortic aneurysm repair: $33,374

Extracranial procedures w/o CC/MCC: $5,856

Extracranial procedures w CC: $1,024

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w/o CC/MCC: $11,741

Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant w CC: $15,152

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w/o CC/MCC: $6,593

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $14,495

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy w/o c.d.e. w CC: $9,662

Cholecystectomy except by laparoscope w/o c.d.e. w MCC: $20,954

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w/o CC/MCC: $3,358

Hernia procedures except inguinal and femoral w CC: $8,206

Major small and large bowel procedures w/o CC/MCC: $9,496

Major small and large bowel procedures w CC: $14,978

Major small and large bowel procedures w MCC: $30,241

Stomach, esophageal duodenal proc w/o CC/MCC: $8,505

Cervical spinal fusion w MCC: $25,897

Cervical spinal fusion w CC: $37,337

Spinal fusion except cervical w MCC: $34,877

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w/o MCC: $11,751

Major joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity w MCC: $19,258

Revision of hip or knee replacement w CC: $17,928

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w/o CC/MCC: $8,629

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w MCC: $13,905

Biopsies of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue w CC: $12,424

Other musculoskelet sys and conn tiss O.R. proc w MCC: $1,046

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w/o CC/MCC: $1,068

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w MCC: $19,188

Kidney and ureter procedures for neoplasm w CC: $10,902

Revision of hip or knee replacement w MCC: $26,592

Transurethral procedures w MCC: $13,105

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w/o CC/MCC: $7,684

Other kidney and urinary tract procedures w MCC: $16,216

Transurethral prostatectomy w/o CC/MCC: $1,068

Transurethral prostatectomy w CC/MCC: $6,546

Female reproductive system reconstructive procedures: $4,777

Uterine and adnexa proc for non-malignancy w/o CC/MCC: $4,938

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients with low back pain who had an MRI without trying recommended treatments first, such as physical therapy.

Here:	25.800%
Florida:	28.328%

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.

Here:	19.700%
State:	9.789%

Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.

Here:	0.054%
Florida:	0.223%

Outpatient CT scans of the chest that were combination (double) scans.

This Hospital:	0.004%
Florida:	0.050%

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